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Horses are affected by WNV more often than other domestic animals. Many horses infected with WNV do not develop any illness, but of the 85 that did become ill in the 1999 or 2000 outbreak, 32 (38%) died or were euthanatized. Other livestock and poultry do not commonly show illness if infected with WNV.
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Signs
WNV infection in horses may include both central nervous system and peripheral nervous system signs. These signs of disease may be indistinguishable from those produced by other equine encephalitides including rabies, equine herpesvirus-1, equine protozoal myeloencephalitis, and eastern, western, or Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis. The most common signs of WNV infection in U.S. horses have been ataxia, weakness of limbs, recumbency, muscle fasciculation, and death. Fever has been detected in less than one-quarter of all confirmed cases.
